There were the marks of one pair of snowracquets only on the snow.
Slipping on his snow racquets and once more shouldering his nonny-bag, he strode off toward his next trap.
If a snag is struck midway, the racquets may bounce safely over and glissade to the bottom; or the toe may catch, heels fly over head, and the hunter land with his feet noosed in frames sticking upright higher than his neck.
The twins stood at the gate with two hatless youths, performing what seemed to be the serious operation of separating their various tennis racquets and shoes from the conglomerate jumble.
Inside their own room they promptly, and ungracefully, kicked off their loose pumps, tossed their tennis shoes and racquets on the bed, and began tugging at the cords of their middy blouses.
The hour-glass shape of the court was retained by this code (issued in May 1875), and the scoring of the game followed in the main the racquets instead of the tennis model.
Lawn-tennis differs from tennis and racquets in that the service may not be taken on the volley by striker-out.
Sybil and Bernard and their boon companions had betaken themselves to that distant and dilapidated wing of the house in which I had once unearthed Tomsy Flood, there to play squash racquets in one of the empty rooms.
The squash racquets seemed to be of a most pervading character; the thunder of rushing feet, blent with the long, progressive shriek of an express train, would at intervals approach almost to the swing door, but I remained unmolested.
Ruth and Betty took in the towels and brought out racquets and balls.
A pair of tennis racquets crossed on the wall had evidently resigned their place for the time being to the golf clubs which stood in one comer.
Ruth went with them to the front of the house and then back to the tennis ground to pick up racquets and balls.
If you ever want to be forgiven, come back here and help me take in the racquets and balls," called Ruth, starting toward the house.
Give me all the racquets and you can take the balls.
He played racquets very well," Collier added, as if by way of an excuse.
Moreover, on a tramp with the minister, he had gone through his snow racquets and actually lost the bows later, smashing them all up as he repeatedly fell through between logs and tree-trunks and "tuckamore.
And those who do not play atracquets may find recreation at fives: and those who are not active enough for fives may choose to play at Bumble puppy.
They were standing on the Parsonage court after a sett, Nell in a pink cambric blouse and well-worn serge skirt, the Misses Browne in elaborate costumes of Liberty silk with crossed tennis racquets worked all round the skirts.
I am afraid we ought on the same ground to let racquets go, though for training in alertness and sheer skill, in the nice harmony of eye and hand racquets has no equal.
It is scored like racquets up to fifteen points, one side invariably wearing blue "berets" and sashes, the other red.
Pelota" is the father of racquets and fives, and is an immemorially old game, going back, it is said, to the times of the Romans.
The Manor was now the crack house--cock-house at racquets and football, certain to be cock-house at cricket.
At his small preparatory school in the New Forest, he had not been taught the elementary principles of either racquets or cricket; but he had a good eye, played a capital game of golf, rode and shot well for a small boy.
That nothing should be wanting to that trebly-fortunate youth, he had helped to win the Public Schools' Racquets Championship.
And in town is the bigRacquets Club, in a fine new building, big enough to shelter any number of sports besides.
And once we played at racquets together in the court at Beverly.
Their racquets of spruce wood woven across with strips of caribou hide sank deep in the feathery snow, and lifted a burden of it at every step.
Your aim should be low and into the side wall to a point much closer to the front wall than the spot a Squash Racquetsplayer employs.
Very quickly, however, Squash Tennis became more popular and widely played than Squash Racquets because of the more exciting pace and action of the play.
Since the ball must land short of the service line, it is obviously not possible to overpower your opponent for a service ace--as contrasted to the services in Squash Racquets or Lawn Tennis.
The Squash Racquets black ball is so much "deader" that the player usually has to go back first and then forward somewhat in order to be in the proper position to hit the ball as it rebounds off the back wall.
Innumerable converts came over from Squash Racquets and new life and vitality was breathed into the "grand old game.
So, we invite all racquets men, young and old alike, to accept the challenges of the fastest indoor racquet and ball game in the world.
A new breed of young, active Americans became enamored with Squash Racquets and the pendulum swung away from Squash Tennis.
Where it lacks the endurance and subtlety that Squash Racquets calls for, it offers the exhilaration inherent in powerfully hit strokes, split-second racquet work, and graceful, seemingly unhurried footwork.
Just remember two things: 1) hustle after the ball with short, speedy steps, keeping in mind that the angle is much greater than in Squash Racquets (see figs.
All that is required is a 4 feet 6 inches backwall "out" line in addition to the 6 feet 6 inches Squash Racquets line and, ideally, the extension of the service dividing line up to the tell tale (see fig.
I object altogether,' Blunt said, in a dogged way, which made Cockshaw give up his chance of racquets that day as desperate.
Your house and that of my uncle des Racquets are the only ones where we still find this historic soup of the Netherlands.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "racquets" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: checkers; chess; game; sport
